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Tuesday, November 26, 2002
Belgium Signs Joint Cooperation Agreement with UNESCO for World Heritage Conservation
Brussels - The Belgian Government and UNESCO signed an Agreement of Cooperation today, wishing to enhance their cooperation, especially between the Federal office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural affairs (OSTC) and the UNESCO World ...

Saturday, November 16, 2002
30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
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Thursday, September 12, 2002
1972-2002: 30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
Special events and activitiesRecord of Decisions of the 26th session of the World Heritage Committee Budapest, Hungary, 24-29 June 2002 Budapest DeclarationWorld Heritage 2002: Shared Legacy, Common ResponsibilityAn International Congress ...

Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Message on the Occasion of the Floods Affecting a Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
From Mr Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre We have noted with great concern, the news of massive floods sweeping across Europe and that a number of World Heritage sites in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary ...

Monday, July 15, 2002
World Heritage Committee Concludes 26th Session in Budapest, Hungary
The World Heritage Committee concluded its 26th session (24 to 29 June 2002) by adopting the Budapest Declaration on World Heritage, marking the 30th anniversary of the signing of the World Heritage Convention in 1972. Adopted in the presence of ...

Monday, July 15, 2002
Tipasa (Algeria) Added to List of World Heritage in Danger
Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1982, Tipasa on the shores of the Mediterranean, comprises Phoenician, Roman, palaeochristian and Byzantine ruins alongside indigenous monuments such as the Kbor er Roumia, the great royal mausoleum of ...

Monday, July 1, 2002
World Heritage Sites, June 2002 inscriptions
This map was produced by the Cartographic Section of the World Heritage Centre. The boundaries, colors, denominations and any other information shown on this map do not imply, on the part of UNESCO, any judgement on legal status of any ...

Wednesday, June 26, 2002
World Heritage Committee Inscribes 9 New Sites on the World Heritage List
Budapest, Hungary. The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Budapest since June 24, has inscribed today 9 new sites on the World Heritage List. The List now numbers 730 sites of "outstanding universal value" in 125 countries. For the ...

Monday, June 24, 2002
26th Session of the World Heritage Committee opens in Budapest, Hungary; Elects New Bureau
Budapest, Hungary - 24 June 2002. The World Heritage Committee opened its 26th annual session in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, 24 June. The opening session was attended by 320 participants representing all 21 Committee members, over 50 observers ...

Wednesday, June 5, 2002
Three States Join the World Heritage Convention
Three States have recently signed the World Heritage Convention. This will bring the total of States Parties to the Convention to 170. The three States, with the dates on which they deposited their instrument of ratification or acceptance, are: ...

Tuesday, April 9, 2002
New World Heritage Web Address
Important announcement for the visitors of the World Heritage Centre portal The UNESCO World Heritage Centre has established a new simpler web address: http://whc.unesco.org (without www) Web browsers using the old address will be automatically ...

Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Report of the 25th Session of the World Heritage Committee
The annual report of the du World Heritage Committee (Helsinki, Finland, 11 - 16 décember 2001) has been issued.